Tehran

At least 19 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a police station in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

On Friday, terrorists attacked a police station in the guise of Friday prayers, and threw stones and flammable materials, and shot in order to seize the police station.

In this incident 19 people lost their lives and 20 others were injured, including some members of the police forces.

The attackers also set fire to other public property including chain stores, and vandalised banks and government centers.

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Among those killed in the attack is the commander of the intelligence unit of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Sistan and Baluchestan, Ali Mousavi.